Barbara Barrie, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Dies at 95 After Medical Assistance

Barbara Barrie died on Oct. 28 at her Manhattan home at age 95. Her daughter, Jane Harnick, confirmed the death to The New York Times and said it was medically assisted after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Barrie had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosed in 2014 and was treated for rectal cancer in 1994, resulting in a colostomy. Her credits included an Oscar nomination for Evelyn Stohler in Breaking Away (1979), a Tony nomination for originating Sarah in Company (1970), and the 1964 Cannes Best Actress award for One Potato, Two Potato. She debuted on film in a small role in Giant (1956), began on the soap Love of Life in 1960, and appeared in 11 Broadway shows. She married Jay Harnick in 1964; their children are Jane, born 1965, and Aaron, born 1969. She told the Wall Street Journal she moved to New York for a boyfriend and then figured she might as well try to act. Rated outlets agree on the date, place, age, and medically assisted death after terminal cancer. Left-rated coverage mixed career tributes with People leading on medical aid. The single right-rated outlet led on the medically assisted death. No factual dispute on those points appears in the record.